Travel Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Cardiac Floor - Salem, MA
- Nurse-to-patient ratio 1:5
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
- BSN
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This assignment posts $2,063 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel med-surg nurse assignments post a median of $2,030 a week, the middle half $1,855 to $2,214, across 1,260 assignments, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
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About the job
Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr days, 36 hours a week, starting November 15, 2026.
Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,063 a week in all, a taxable rate of $20 an hour plus $1,343.17 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Cardiac Floor. This outpatient cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation role provides education, exercise programming, monitoring, and clinical support for adult patients recovering from cardiovascular events or managing pulmonary conditions. The position collaborates with a multidisciplinary care team in a structured daytime program.
Job Details
- Required Qualifications: Active Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN) license; Bachelor of Science in Nursing; minimum of two years of medical-surgical nursing experience and two years of recent intensive cardiac nursing care experience, with other intensive nursing experience considered; cardiac risk-factor intervention and exercise prescription and intervention skills; Telemetry experience; American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications.
- Preferred Qualifications: National Certification Corporation (NCC) Cardiac Vascular Nursing Certification.
- Schedule: Day shifts, 12 hours per shift, 36 hours per week; program hours are 6:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Additional Information: Provides education and exercise programs for cardiac and pulmonary patients in an outpatient day program. The patient population includes adults ages 25 to 90 with recent cardiovascular events or diagnoses such as myocardial infarction, stent placement, coronary artery bypass grafting, valve repair or replacement, transplant, heart failure, and stable angina, as well as patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, post-COVID-19 conditions, and other lung diseases. Each patient group is assigned two professionals with a 1:5 clinician-to-patient ratio. Census varies based on group attendance.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Cross Country Healthcare
National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs
Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate
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